Gingerbread is an old-fashioned dessert bread made with ginger, spices, black treacle, and golden syrup, in the European style.
Gingerbread
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
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Gingerbread is my recipe of the day with the blogging group Bread Bakers. We group together monthly to post on a common theme. This month our topic is dessert breads. Glad you could join us!
You may be familiar with gingerbread as cookies, which can be done in crisp, or chewy styles. These are a European tradition, especially in Sweden and also in Poland and Germany.
It’s believed to have been brought to Europe by monks in the Tenth Century and over time gained much popularity, to eventually becoming a Court favorite in Elizabethan times.
This version is more of a quick bread like a casual cake, which you may top with whipped cream, lemon curd, or vanilla custard, whichever you like. It’s often served at Christmas and gives a feel of British Christmas time, Dickens, and a Christmas Carol. It can make quick work of holiday dessert instead of a more elaborate and involved English pudding or fancy torte or layer cake.
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Gingerbread
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Gingerbread
Equipment
- 1 9-inch sq. baking pan
Ingredients
Wet ingredients:
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 cup of heavy cream
- 1/2 cup of butter melted and cooled
- 1/4 cup black treacle
- 1/4 cup of golden syrup
Dry ingredients:
- 1/4 cup candied ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1-1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
Other:
- 1 cup prepared whipped cream
- nutmeg garnish optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° f.
- Spray a 9-inch square baking pan with Baker's Release spray.
- Stir dry ingredients in a medium mixing bowl.
- Stir wet ingredients separately in another bowl.
- Gently combine wet and dry ingredients and spread in pan.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until springy.
- Cool then serve squares with whipped cream and nutmeg.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Gingerbread
Amount Per Serving
Calories 235
Calories from Fat 135
% Daily Value*
Fat 15g23%Saturated Fat 9g56%Trans Fat 0.4gPolyunsaturated Fat 1gMonounsaturated Fat 4gCholesterol 58mg19%Sodium 342mg15%Potassium 178mg5%Carbohydrates 23g8%Fiber 0.4g2%Sugar 17g19%Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 485IU10%Vitamin C 0.1mg0%Calcium 68mg7%Iron 2mg11% * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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I’ll bet your house smelled amazing as that cake baked. I would be standing at the oven window, drooling like my pups LOL.
I love ginger and molasses desserts but can you believe I’ve never actually had good old fashioned gingerbread? I adore golden syrup, I’ve made treacle tarts, but never had English black treacle either. Really need to try now!
This gingerbread is so delicious I need to make it again, thanks for your wonderful recipe.
Gingerbread is a seasonal tradition at our house, Sue. Yours looks fabulous, especially with that nutmeg-kissed dollop of cream on top!